701. Problem Solving: Acting It Out (22:33)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

702. Problem Solving: Drawing A Picture (17:15)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

703. Problem Solving: Keep on Trying (33:57)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 26 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

704. Problem Solving: Making a Table (33:20)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

705. Problem Solving: Many Ways to Go (22:45)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 27 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

706. Problem Solving: Recognizing Necessary Information (22:44)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 18 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

707. Problem Solving: Using a Guide (34:09)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 28 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

708. Relating Fractions and Decimals (22:50)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 14 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

709. Take Your Choice: Substitution (22:39)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

710. The Boxcar Children (33:35)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 of Readit. John Robbins draws scenes from the book by Gertrude Warner as a storyteller and describes episodes about the children who make a boxcar their home. Encourages children to read the book.

711. The Boxcar Children | Deadwood City, The Third Planet from Altair | Who's in Charge of Lincoln an... (1:04:00)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
The Boxcar Children, episode 5 of Readit. John Robbins draws scenes from the book as a storyteller describes episodes about the children who make a boxcar their home. Encourages children to read the book. Deadwood City and the Third Planet from Altair, episode 6 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces two stories in which the reader makes decisions at many turning points, each of which can change the plot. In the first story, the reader can have several different adventures in the Old West. In the second story, the reader is given choices to make determining the course of a spaceship and the safety of its crew. Designed to encourage students to read the books. Who's in Charge of Lincoln and The Lucky Stone, episode 7 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces two stories by Dale Fife and Lucille Clifton respectively, the first about a man's adventures involving a sack of stolen money, and the second about a lucky stone which provides good fortune for its various owners. Designed to encourage students to read the books. The Rise and Fall of Ben Gizzard and The Parrot and the Thief and The Contests at Cowlick, episode 8 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces three stories all by Richard Kennedy, the first about a cunning swindler whose good fortune runs out; the second about a thief who steals a parrot and finds it to be an awkward eyewitness; and the third about a man who challenges a gang of outlaws to one contest after another, and wins by losing. Designed to encourage students to read the books.

712. The Changing Market: Supply & Demand (22:29)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

713. The Comeback Dog (33:43)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story about a boy who brings a battered, dying dog home to nurse back to health. Designed to encourage students to read the book.

715. Trouble for Lucy (34:18)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story by Carla Stevens about a young girl who travels with her family and puppy on the Oregon Trail in 1843. Trouble comes when the girl leaves the wagon train to search for her puppy. Designed to encourage students to read the book.

716. Twenty and Ten (22:27)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 14 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story by Claire Huchet Bishop about twenty school children who hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis occupying France during World War II. The Jewish children are safe only if the others can keep silent and not get caught taking them food at night. Designed to encourage students to read the book.

717. Understanding Place Value (22:14)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

718. Understanding Remainders (22:50)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 17 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

719. Using Bar Graphs (34:00)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 16 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

720. Using Division (22:53)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

721. Using Estimation (32:15)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

722. Using Fractions (16:27)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

723. Using Mental Computation (22:37)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

724. Using Multiplication and Addition (22:36)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

725. Using Probability (22:40)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 24 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

726. We Choose: Scarcity & Social Decision Making (22:23)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

727. Where Do Jobs Come From?: Derived Demand (33:56)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

728. Why Competition? Market Structure (22:28)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

730. A Great River | Cattle Country | Storehouse of Minerals | Our National Parks (1:02:47)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg and several Mark Twain characters introduce life on the Mississippi River in the 1850s while viewers travel aboard an authentic early American steamboat. Shows a modern towboat lashed to its fifty-six barges and heading for the great port of New Orleans. Views the French Quarter and Jackson Square in New Orleans and dramatizes an episode in the life of the pirate Jean Laffite. Episode 10 explores the raising of beef cattle in eastern New Mexico and Texas. A Spanish rancho, an early Texas land grant, and a twentieth-century ranch show how changes on the range have slowly brought a new way of life to the cattle country. Stresses the difficulties involved in maintaining a profitable cattle business. Episode 11 visits several Rocky Mountain mining sites, discussing surface and underground operations. Shows an open-pit molybdenum mine, milling, tailing ponds, and land reclamation. Highlights early gold and silver booms through dramatic vignettes showing the roles played by Horace Greeley and H.A.W. Taylor.

731. Aloha Hawaii (33:56)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 16 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg focuses on the geographical features and long cultural history of Hawaii. Discusses the migration of the Polynesians to the islands, the islands' discovery by Captain Cook, and the reign of Kamehameha I. Stresses the imnportance of sugarcane and pineapple to contemporary Hawaii's economy and shows how these products are grown and processed. Shows the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.

732. By Train or Plane (34:10)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg discusses the history of American rail transport, including the first transcontinental railroad, the gradual shift from passengers to freight, and the role of commuter and subway trains today. Also highlights air travel, showing the control tower, departure lounges, and an air cargo terminal at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Recreates important moments in the lives of the Wright brothers through a historical vignette.

733. Cattle Country (34:08)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg explores the raising of beef cattle in eastern New Mexico and Texas. A Spanish rancho, an early Texas land grant, and a twentieth-century ranch show how changes on the range have slowly brought a new way of life to the cattle country. Stresses the difficulties involved in maintaining a profitable cattle business.

734. Comparing: Finding a Common Unit (22:25)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 5 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Cynthia is running a successful business as a sailing instructor. But the business threatens to stop dead when a new student, Myrna Mitchell, damages the hull of Cynthia's sailboat. Can she afford a new hull? Can she afford to have someone look at it after a three-week layover? Or may another solution pop up from somewhere else?

735. Comparing: Numerical Comparisons (22:18)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 3 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Armondo, a high-school-aged garage mechanic has just received a $1,000 check for a job on which he had spent long hours. His girlfriend wonders what such back-breaking effort is worth.

736. Comparing: Percent (22:33)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 4 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Leona wants to spend a large chunk of money on a knockout dress for the upcoming prom. The others in her family insist that she think of a simpler solution, one that will fit her yearly budget. This leads to an obvious question: what kind of dress can Leona afford to buy? Maybe Leona's brother can muster an alternative.

737. Comparing: Proportions (22:25)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 6 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Micki Tenini, the sister of an up-and-coming record producer, is joining a band called the Marveltones. She clashes slightly with the bandleader, Henry (Apollo) Jackson, who reminds her the proportion of fast songs to slow songs. In time, Micki agrees to stay with that ratio, and she is delighted to hear her brother is opening a recording studio.

738. Locating and Interpreting: Graphs (22:29)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 8 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode a car accident has prompted the driver, Blanca Ortiz, to take action. She is deeply upset for the boy who had to cross the busy street to reach a playground. It was nobody's fault that the accident occurred–or was it? Upon doing research, the driver draws up the graph to show the increase in traffic on that street. She also learns that the local government turned down earlier proposals to put a stoplight at the playground. It's just about all the evidence she needs to make her case clear to the city council.

739. Locating and Interpreting: Maps, Charts, and Tables (22:27)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 9 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Cynthia accepts a sailing challenge from her old nemesis. At the insistence of a sea captain, Cynthia charts out the proposed race route and the tide tables. Thus she plots a few sailing smarts to win the race.

740. Locating and Interpreting: Organizing Information (22:28)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 7 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode after a real-life scene in which health detectives break down the cause of diseases, the story of a band and a recording studio picks up from the previous episode. The new secretary can't keep track of things on her cluttered desk; the band is frequently chased out of the studio because someone else has booked it. But when the government calls for an examination of the band's expenditures, not all the receipts are in the same place. Following a search, the bandleader and lead singer arrange all the receipts by categories and type it up for their meeting with the auditor. In the end, the band doesn't owe any money. What they're left with are some organizing lessons.

741. Measuring: Formulas (22:24)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 2 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode the proposed road for the Noble family is too expensive to build. When Leona argues that the high price doesn't make sense, she is told that a road has three dimensions. It would take 23 dump trucks to cart off the dirt before any gravel could be laid down. None of that would prevent Roy Singleton from taking over the farm property that he thinks is his. Still, Mr. and Mrs. Noble want to see the original deed. They telephone Leona with what appears to be bad news: It's true that the boundary line was five chains south of "the northernmost granite rock." Given that information, Leona sets out to calculate the area of the farm. But there's something that doesn't add up–unless Roy Singleton measured from the wrong rock. Sure enough, Leona and her brother Paul scout around and, in the presence of Roy Singleton, find the northernmost granite rock.

742. Measuring: Measuring Instruments (22:32)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 1 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode a Dallas-type plot pits big-business baron Roy Singleton with a young farm family, the Nobles. For quite a while, Singleton has tried to take their property, and now he seems to have found the answer. The old deed set the property line "five chains from the northernmost granite rock." Singleton and his surveyors have measured, and decided that the property line should be 100 meters south. Were this to be true, the Noble family would lose their only access road. In confidence, Mr. Noble decides that, if the property line is where Singleton insists, maybe the solution would be to build another access road. Paul and Leona, the youngest of the Nobles, get a trundle wheel to accurately measure how long that road would be. But all along, Singleton is watching them–and plotting.

743. Our Bread Basket (34:06)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Provides viewers with an insight into modern-day wheat farming on both irrigated and dry land in the Great Plains. Shows cultivating the soil, planting seed, harvesting the kernels, and marketing the crop. Highlights the history of the area by showing a sod house and shed, prairie grass, a one-room school, a windmill, and other aspects of prairie life. Hosted by John Rugg.

744. Our Federal District | Seaports and Ships | New York City: Center of Megalopolis | Tidewater to P... (1:02:43)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John E. Rugg takes viewers to significant locations in and around Washington, D.C., to help them understand its important role in the country's history and in contemporary times. Archival photographs and a historical reenactment help to tell the story. Episode 2 shows fishermen along the New England coast and in the Atlantic catching lobster. Episode 3 shows several of New York's boroughs, not only in their contemporary setting, but also from their historical perspective. Archival pictures, voices, and a short dramatic sequence portray the great influx of immigrants from Europe, their first hours at Ellis Island, and their life in ethnic neighborhoods. Episode 4 visits the southeastern United States discusses the role of tobacco in the growth of the Virginia Colony, the importance of cotton and the fall line in making the Piedmont region the textile center of the nation, and George Washington Carver's research on uses for the peanut. Explores the political and cultural heritage of Williamsburg, Virginia.

745. Our Forty-Ninth State (34:21)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 15 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg discusses Alaska, including geographical features, wildlife, and the Eskimo. Covers such topics as climate changes, the importance of the floatplane, comparisons between the modern Eskimo and their ancestors, and the significance of Prudhoe oil and the trans-Alaska pipelime to the American economy. Presents a dramatic vignette portraying William Seward's determination to purchase Alaska from Russia.

746. Our National Parks (34:03)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg introduces the national park system, focusing on Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde. Presents historical reenactments portraying Theodore Roosevelt, John Burroughs, and John Wesley Powell. Examines the Anasazi Indian culture.

747. Predicting: Averages (22:23)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 12 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Tony has bought a car from a local dealer. Thinking he has got a bargain based on the average gas mileage on this model, Tony finds himself at the gasoline pumps more often than he would like. At about the same time, his daughter Blanca realizes that her boyfriend is still breaking his back fixing cars. Both there are different kinds of averages.

748. Predicting: Choosing a Sample (22:28)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 11 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode the city council wants to pass a bill that would prohibit commercial use of the marina. That would sacrifice Cynthia's sailing instructions. But just who is in favor of restricting use of the marina, and why? It takes a while for Cynthia and her friends to determine who to ask. As a result of that sample, Cynthia and her friends discover that the real impetus for the bill was that marina members were sick of an old sea dog's clunky boat. But he wants to show a council member that his boat is getting cleaned up.

749. Predicting: Probability (34:03)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 10 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Micki and the Marveltones put a lot of money and effort into recording a single, hoping that a radio station will play it. But the record gets lost in a slew of submissions from local bands (this is Los Angeles, after all). After an exhaustive study, the Marveltones' only clue turns out to be the biggest arrow of all. It would be easier to get on radio if they record a slow song, because it had a greater chance of being played.

750. Storehouse of Minerals (34:28)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg visits several Rocky Mountain mining sites, discussing surface and underground operations. Shows an open-pit molybdenum mine, milling, tailing ponds, and land reclamation. Highlights early gold and silver booms through dramatic vignettes showing the roles played by Horace Greeley and H.A.W. Taylor.

751. The Northwest (34:02)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 14 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg reviews the exploration and settlement of the American Northwest, including the Columbia River, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the Oregon Trail. Emphasizes the region's major industries, namely, lumber products and aircraft manufacturing.

752. The Problem of Water (33:57)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg discusses the conditions in desert regions where little or no water is available, focusing on California; the problems faced by early explorer Jedediah Smith, who crossed the Mojave Desert in 1826; and the dependency of California's Imperial Valley and the city of Los Angeles on water from outside sources.

753. The Tennessee Valley | Our Bread Basket | We Make Anything | By Train or Plane (1:02:41)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg reviews the history of the Tennessee Valley through short scenes from the past: Cherokee land, the British at Fort Loudoun, early pioneers at Rocky Mount, a flatboat trip down the river, and the slow deterioration of the valley's resources. Gives a first-hand look at how the Tennessee Valley Authority helped reclaim the region. Episode 6 provides viewers with an insight into modern-day wheat farming on both irrigated and dry land in the Great Plains. Shows cultivating the soil, planting seed, harvesting the kernels, and marketing the crop. Highlights the history of the area by showing a sod house and shed, prairie grass, a one-room school, a windmill, and other aspects of prairie life. Episode 7 shows the mass production of bicycles and automobiles in order to foster an understanding of the importance of the assembly line in American manufacturing. Highlights the ingredients and techniques of making iron and steel. Discusses the innovations of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. Episode 8 discusses the history of American rail transport, including the first transcontinental railroad, the gradual shift from passengers to freight, and the role of commuter and subway trains today. Also highlights air travel, showing the control tower, departure lounges, and an air cargo terminal at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Recreates important moments in the lives of the Wright brothers through a historical vignette.

754. Tidewater to Piedmont (34:01)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. This visit to the southeastern United States discusses the role of tobacco in the growth of the Virginia Colony, the importance of cotton and the fall line in making the Piedmont region the textile center of the nation, and George Washington Carver's research on uses for the peanut. Explores the political and cultural heritage of Williamsburg, Virginia. Hosted by John Rugg.

755. We Make Anything (34:10)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg shows the mass production of bicycles and automobiles in order to foster an understanding of the importance of the assembly line in American manucaturing. Highlights the ingredients and techniques of making iron and steel. Discusses the innovations of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.

756. A Little Help From My Friends (Friendship) (15:12)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

757. Alternate Route (Thinking) (15:33)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

758. Behind the Scenes (Accepting Feelings) (15:37)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

759. Daddy's Girl (Changing Family Relationships) (15:22)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

760. Face to Face (Dealing with Conflict) (15:26)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

761. Getting Together (Love) (15:37)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

762. Journey Through Stress (Coping With Stress) (15:18)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

763. Side By Side (Prejudice) (15:51)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

764. Solo (Alone vs. Lonely) (15:30)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

765. Surrounded (Peer Group Membership) (15:32)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

766. What Next? (Career Aspirations) (15:40)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

767. Who Am I? (Developing Self-Concept) (15:11)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

768. A Challenge: Design a Language (15:41)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 38 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

769. A Challenge: Make Something New (22:35)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 55 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

770. A Challenge: Plan a City of the Future (15:23)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 60 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, C

771. A Challenge: Search for the Unknown (15:45)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 28 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

772. A Challenge: Time Capsule: Make a Present for the Future (15:34)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 15 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

773. A Matter of Time (Solving Problems) (22:37)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 57 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

774. A Tip: Calm Your Jitters! (16:17)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 34 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

775. A Tip: Find Your Guide (15:24)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

776. A Tip: Get Ahead with Goals (15:19)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 43 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

777. A Tip: Make a Deal with Yourself (15:31)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 49 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

778. A Tip: Practice for Success (14:31)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 31 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

779. A Tip: There Are Many Ways to Go (15:37)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 23 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

780. A Tip: There Are Ways to Remember (22:39)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 19 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

781. A Tip: You Can Remember (15:20)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

782. Abortion (38:58)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Discusses in detail the most common types of abortion procedures, aimed particularly at the woman who has already made the decision to have an abortion. Focuses on the need for post-abortion follow-up with the doctor, especially for contraceptive advice.

783. About Thinkabout (32:32)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Teacher's introduction to Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

784. Approximating (Estimating and Approximating) (15:45)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

785. Blockbusting (Finding Alternatives) (15:43)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

786. Brainstorming (Finding Alternatives) (15:53)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

787. But, What Does it Mean? (Giving and Getting Meaning) (16:03)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

788. Checking Conclusions (Generalizing) (16:03)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 30 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

789. Classifying Information (Classifying) (15:53)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 21 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

790. Classifying Objects (Classifying) (15:26)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 20 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

791. Communication Patterns (Finding Patterns) (15:47)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 25 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

792. Cultural Patterns (Finding Patterns) (15:34)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 26 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

793. Drawing Conclusions (Generalizing) (14:51)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 29 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

794. Estimating (Estimating and Approximating) (22:35)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

795. Hanging in There (Solving Problems) (15:43)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 59 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

796. Making a Presentation (Communicating Effectively) (15:22)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 52 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

797. Making It Come Alive (Communicating Effectively) (15:43)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 54 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

798. Making Your Point (Communicating Effectively) (22:34)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 53 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

799. Maps and Models (Reshaping Information) (15:26)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 42 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

800. Meaning is More Than Words (Giving and Getting Meaning) (15:04)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.